---
name: "Downwind Ambusher"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Skunk Assassin"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "BLB"
set_name: "Bloomburrow"
collector_number: "92"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Aaron Miller"
oracle_id: "1e0a2709-2cd2-4954-81ca-60654ab03d7c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/downwind-ambusher-blb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Downwind Ambusher
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Skunk Assassin
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/2
- **Keywords:** Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
When this creature enters, choose one —
• Target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
• Destroy target creature an opponent controls that was dealt damage this turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lurking Deadeye](/printing/lurking-deadeye-iko.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
2. [Ambush Gigapede](/printing/ambush-gigapede-otj.md) — Creature — Insect
3. [Stingblade Assassin](/printing/stingblade-assassin-woe.md) — Creature — Faerie Assassin
4. [Skulking Killer](/printing/skulking-killer-dbl.md) — Creature — Vampire Assassin
5. [Manticore](/printing/manticore-afr.md) — Creature — Manticore
6. [A-Manticore](/printing/a-manticore-hbg.md) — Creature — Manticore

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Bloomburrow (BLB) #92
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Aaron Miller
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`